Central Methodist Society Plans Meet and Engagment News
Society meeting set for Sunday at 5 PM in Central Methodist Church to discuss business including a Clean Up Campaign with Federation sponsorship. Mrs L P Troup urges federation clubs to send representatives. Social Service Class to hold watermelon cutting at Delano Park Thursday evening with hostesses listed. Audrey McLemore to marry Douglas Rogers July 27. Edith Smith to wed Maurice Fortenberry in late August. Christine Young and William Bell wed in a quiet ceremony July 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Methodist Church
Summer
Federation
L. P. Troup
Central Methodist Sunday School
Delano Park
Hutson
Fred Emens
L. R. Nash
Aycock
Hogan
Lamon
Maner
O. R. Reed
Luther Handley
Miss Ruth Sneed Returns From Chicago Visit
Local society notes list Ruth Sneed returning Tuesday from Chicago where she visited her cousin Mrs Harold Kuehnert. Other social correspondents include Mr and Mrs S H Wilds visiting Tuscaloosa, Peggy Wilds guest of Martha Scales in Tuscaloosa, and plans for Peggy to register for the second summer quarter at the University of Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Elmer Sneed
Chicago, IL
Harold Kuehnert
Peggy Wilds
Martha Scales
University of Alabama
Martha Collier
Laneese
Halbrooks
Monroe
N. C
Fred Eaves
Eaves
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Collier
Felix Collier
Charlotte
Bev Sandlin
Ro Sandlin
Cooper, Texas
H. L. Kirby
Birmingham Anniston
Texas
Morgan County
C. M. Scales
Miss Hild
Corneild
Robert Crane
Denver
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Max Lichtenstein
Sarah Lichtenstein
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tenn
How can a married man obtain a divorce with no grounds
Dorothy Diz answers two readers. The first asks how a man can divorce his wife after 16 years of marriage when she refuses a divorce. The second asks how two sisters can host friends without tiring guests with their family’s reminiscences.
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Dorothy DIX
Cos
Mrs. A
Mrs. B
Mrs. C
Miss DIX
Sally
Johnny
Mamie
Limestone Child Laid To Rest Today
Funeral services for five year old Martha Carol Weatherford were held at 4 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Athens. Rev. Lucius W. Hart officiated. She is survived by parents Mr and Mrs William Weatherford of Athens two siblings a brother and sister. She is a niece of Bob Weatherford of Decatur and a great niece of B A Turner and Emma Malone of Decatur.
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First Baptist Church
Athens
Martha Carol Weatherford
Lucius W. Hart
William W. Weatherford
Athens 5
Bob Weatherford
Decatur
B. A. Turner
Emma Malone
Lone
William Weatherford
Westminster Guild Hosts Returning Missionary Mrs Teague
The Westminster Guild met at Mrs O S Hagerman's home on Grant Street with eight members and four visitors. Miss Carolyn Teague, a missionary who served 29 years in Japan and who returned to the U S in 1941, spoke on her work and noted her recent move from North Dakota to Decatur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Guild
O. S.hagerman
Grant Street
Local social notes highlight family travel and reunions
A series of society notices from Athens covers Martha Weatherford's funeral attendance by relatives, Martha Scales returning from Alabama, the Farris family visiting their mother in Tennessee, and multiple travels and visits by residents to Colorado, New York, Birmingham, Nashville, and Vanderbilt. Also mentions military discharge and upcoming trips to New York and Birmingham engagements.
Suds Bucket to Join Historic Artifacts in State Museum
In Montgomery on July 17 the Suds Bucket used by James E. Folsom to collect donations during his gubernatorial campaign will go to Alabama archives and history. Also to be displayed is the stump map from his campaign tours. Folsom said the items will be turned over to Marie Bankhead Owen, archives director, for display in the state museum after defeating Handy Ellis in the June runoff.
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Montgomery
Ala
James E
Big Jim) Folsom
Alabama
State Department of Archives and History
Cullman Insurance
Capitol
Folsom
Marie Bankhead Owen
Archives and History
Handy Ellis
Ships Selected for Bomb Test at Bikini Lagoon
Seventy five ships were picked to endure the underwater atomic blast at Bikini lagoon, two more than the July 1 target array. A dozen small landing craft will be positioned in the lagoon for the July 25 explosion, July 24 U S time.
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Mount Mckinley
Bikini Lagoon
U. S
Cooperation urged in labor church race relations
Willard Townsend of the United Transportation Service Employees union urged organized labor and the church to work together for economic security human equality and social justice. He spoke at Fisk University noting race relations as the key cooperative sphere during the Institute Of Race Relations event in Nashville.
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Nashville
Tenn
National Board of Cio
Institute
Williard Townsend
Chicago
United Transport Service Employee Union
Fisk University
Sheriff in Thomasville in Critical Condition
Clarke County Sheriff H. B. Clelland of Thomasville Alabama, 52, is in critical condition after a heart attack at his home last Saturday. He has served as sheriff since 1944.
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Morris Minor Jr
States
ETO
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Thomasville
Ala
Clarke County
H. B. Clelland
New Coaches for Southern Railroad Modernization Plan
The Southern Railway announced a modernization program costing over 15 million dollars to re-equip four trains with 147 lightweight streamlined cars. The effort boosts total modern cars from 47 to 194, adding sleeping, dining, lounge, and baggage cars for The Crescent The Royal Palm The Southerner and The Tennessean, with cars also reassigned to other services.
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Southern Rail Way
Norris
Southern
Crescent
New York
New Orleans
Florida
Detroit
Cleveland
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Southerner
Atlanta
Birmingham
Tennessean
Washington
Memphis
Southern Railway
Pennsylvania Railroad
Two Anniversary Honorees in North Alabama Community
J. W. Callahan and J. W. Mc Caghfren were honored at a recent party marking their eighty first birthdays in North Alabama. Attendees included the Callahan and Boger families and numerous local residents and couples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Callahan
J. W. McCaghfren
North Alabama
Mose Owens
Chester Dobbins
Marvin Cooper
J. W. McCaghren
Howard Bates
Emmett Owens
Paul Callahan
Billy Couch
Pruitt Callahan
Norman Boger
Marvin Owens
J. T. McCaghren
J. C. Boger
Robert Sandlin
Emmett Callahan
Norma Morgan
Rachel Reeves
Sallie Long
Howard Keenum
Willie Owen
Percy Keenum
Fred Keenum
Arthur Callahan
Alton Rodgers
Ty Smith
Charlie Keenum
Albert Boger
Ozel Kirby
Henry Turrentine
Biddle Johnson
Barney Ferguson
Heating Courses Taught for Domestic to Industrial Trades
Facturers of Iron Firemen offer courses across domestic commercial and industrial heating using coal or oil to train workers in proper heating systems and safety practices.
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B. M. Bloodworth
Decatur Federation OF Women’s Clubs
Decatur Federation of Ww
Clab
Audrey
Douglas Rogers
First Presbyterian Church
S. S. Auditorium
S. H. Wilds
H. D. Barnum
T. G. Morrow
McQueen
Ben
Ben Summer
Caddell Drug CO
Rainey’s Beauty Academy
2Nd Ave
Bellana
Goidel’s
Tuscaloosa
New
Bruce Spencer
Laura Paul
Laguna Beach
Panama City
Fla
Raymond H. Kliem
Ferry Street
Juanita Nunn
L. L. Frazier
Pulaski, Tenn
R. M. McGlathery
Kathleen McGlathery
J. Wayland McGathery
Baby
Davenport
Iowa
Dallas
McGathery
W. T. Lowe
Bristol, Va
Charles L. Townsend
Huntsville
Tennis Tidwell
Bob-Weatherford
Robert Gray
Emma Ma
Belk’s Boys’ Dept
Penney’s Grocery
Moulton Street
Edward Terry
Sauer Kraut
Great Northern
Pinto
R. K. Woodard
East Moulton
Dorothy Diz
Dorothy OL
GUILD
John L. Farris
T. M. Jones Jr
Don Burleson
Donnie Lee
Lacon
Decatur General Hospital
Joe Holmes
L. G. Smith
Grad Smith
National Convention of Elks
New York City
Marcia Green
Corinth
Albert Danforth
Little Rock, Ark
Jennie
Mary Lovelady
Harry Markstein
Isadore Kayser
Selma
Svonor
B. Markstein
Hallmark
Greeting Cards
City Park Flower Shop
Moye’s
Sam Frank & Moore
Johns Manville
Washington St
Jones
Engineer
J. H
Sonny) Jones
The
Jones Coal Company
Manu
Mult Joseph Vworld
American Beauty Greenhouse
W. Moulton ST
Sunshine Cleaners
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